Tag Archives: United States
Time To Really ReThink The US Postal Service
I know that this subject has been on the back burner for quite some time, what with the Postal Service losing billions with a b each year and currently owing the United States something like $12 billion. Business and technology evolve just as living things evolve. Just as some living things go extinct, so do [...]
Posted in Informative
Also tagged Business, Mail, National Association of Letter Carriers, Postal Service, United States Congress, United States Postal Service, USPS
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Define “Made”
Kid Rock has a clothing line featuring the slogan “Made in Detroit” and bearing the silhouette of a beastly man holding a tool that could be either a sledge hammer or a plunger. Turns out that the clothes aren’t actually made in Detroit. Ironic, don’t you think?
Posted in Irony
Also tagged Associated Press, Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Dominican Republic, KidRock, Sledgehammer, T-shirt
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Monday Morning Musings
Overheard this morning on one of the news shows: Host: Many people were saying this was totally a shock (referring to the death of Whitney Houston). Guest: It was all people were talking about at the Grammys. While it may be a surprise and may be a tragedy, it was certainly no shock. In fact [...]
Posted in Soapbox
Also tagged Black Swan, Grammy, Grammy Award, I Will Always Love You, Jennifer Hudson, Mitt Romney, Whitney Houston
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Most Miserable Magazine: Forbes
I guess I never really paid attention to the things that Forbes magazine publishes until they published that outrageous list of worst cities in which to work that had nothing to do with the actual city in which the person was working.** The latest list is the country’s most miserable cities. Here’s how the magazine [...]
Posted in Toledo
Also tagged Chicago, Forbes, miserable, New York City, Political corruption, Sierra Nevadas, Super Bowl
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Religious Freedom Trumps Reproductive Freedom
Please bear with me. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution reads, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a [...]
Wrecked ‘Em? Nearly Killed ‘Em.
A frat boy gets really drunk and decides that it would be really cool to launch bottle rockets out of his butt. So far so good, right? Well, said bottle rocket fails to launch and instead blows up, well, here’s where it gets confusing. According to reports, [drunk guy] placed a bottle rocket in his [...]
Posted in Colleges
Also tagged Alcohol intoxication, Anus, Fraternities and sororities, Marshall University, Rectum, West Virginia, Wikipedia
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Seems Like A Huge Waste of Resources.
Wood County is preparing for what it deems a no-refusal weekend for drivers suspected of DUI. Under the law, drivers who are suspected of DUI have the option to decline a breath test. Refusal does carry a penalty of a suspended license, but my lead to a not guilty verdict later on whereas submission to the test [...]
Posted in Informative
Also tagged Associated Press, Blood alcohol content, Blood test, Counties, Driving under the influence, DUI, Law
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